I have tried a number of video hosting services — YouTube, Motionbox, etc. — and have found problems with each. A friend yesterday suggested Vimeo, so I established an account and uploaded a video of some Christmas cards that I had done in previous years to the site. Let’s see what kind of quality we get.

Christmas cards past from Jim Stovall on Vimeo

OK. Not bad. We may try this again.

The watercolors in this video are some of the Christmas cards that I have painted and sent to friends as of a couple of years ago. I usually pick two or three good scenes and do several copies of each. I wind up sending out 20 to 30 cards a year. Lots of work, but fun, and it keeps me painting. Often, if I have made a significant trip during the year, a scene from that place will show up among the cards. That was certainly the case in 1999 when I traveled with a high school group to New York City for several days. Some of the cards in this video date back to 1997 or so.